There are two different family lines of our name, Fitzgerald and FitzGerald. The capitalization of the"G" shows the difference, although a lot of people today do not know this, including some of those belonging to this family.
The capital "G" makes it look like two names pushed together, and actually, that is precisely what it is. There was a distinguished woman in Wales who was a little bit of a ...let's say, she got around. She actually had children by four different men. Fitz comes from her family. The Gerald came from the father of the children. Thus, you have FitzGeralds as well as some other Fitz... families.
The father of our family took his 4 children and moved to Ireland. At some later point a town was named after the FitzGeralds. A family from Fitzgerald became the other line that we know today. So, where do we come from? Wales!
Jennifer FitzGerald
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